Prof. dr. Wang, C.C.L.

Charlie Wang is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His main research interests are Computational Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Geometric Computing and Robotics. 

Academic Background

He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2013 and has received a few awards from professional societies including the prestigious ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award (2016).

Education

• 1998-2002
  PhD and MPhil in Mechanical Engineering,
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• 1994-1998
  BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Experience

• 2018 – Present
  Professor of Advanced Manufacturing
  Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• 2020 – Present
  Professor and Chair of Smart Manufacturing 
  Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
• 2018 – 2020
  Director
  Institute of Intelligent Design and Manufacturing
  Professor
  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong 
• 2016 – 2018
  Professor and Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
  Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• 2015 – 2016
  Professor
  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 01/2011 – 08/2011
  Visiting Professor (on sabbatical leave of CUHK)
  Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009 – 2015
  Associate Professor
  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2003 – 2009
  Assistance Professor
  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Awards/distinctions

• 2016
  Excellence in Research Award
  Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division 
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
• 2016
  Best Paper Award (with Yuen-Shan Leung, Xiaoning Wang, Ying He and Yong-Jin Liu)
  Journal of Computational Visual Media, Springer
• 2013
  Fellow of ASME
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2013
  NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award (with Xuejin Zhao, Yayue Pan, Chi Zhou and Yong Chen)
  SME 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference
• 2011
  Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award (with Pu Huang and Yong Chen)
  ASME 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
• 2009
  ASME CIE Young Engineer Award
  Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division 
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2009
  VX Corporation Best Idea Award (2nd Place)
  International CAD Conference and Exhibition
• 2008
  Best Paper Award (with Yong Chen)
  ASME 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
• 2008
  CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2001
  Best Paper Award in Computational Methods (with Matthew M.F. Yuen)
  ASME 21st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference